Pastime Pleasures #2 – North Child by Edith Pattou

Posted March 7, 2014 by Charlotte in Pastime Pleasures / 0 Comments

North Child

Welcome to my  feature, Pastime Pleasures, posted every other Friday. Today’s is the turn of North Child by Edith Pattou.

Here I will look at books that have given me great pleasure in the past. These are books I can read over and over again. The only rule is that the book must have been published five or more years ago.

 

North Child by Edith Pattou

 

North Child blends the traditional fairy tale of Beauty and the Beast, and Norwegian folk tale of East of the Sun and West of the Moon to create a tale of myth woven into fantasy. I had never heard of the fairy tale East of the Sun and West of the Moon, before reading this book. However, once I had finished I was immediately intrigued and wanted to explore more.

This book will take you on a journey to the snow covered north to France and back again (no this is not the hobbit). Rose grows as she journeys to her destiny.

Told from the viewpoint of different characters, you cannot but help be drawn in to this medieval world and, you yourself go on a journey.

And so to end – “That’s the trouble with loving a wild thing: You’re always left watching the door.”

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